Science, Faith, and the Evidence for God

Lennox and Rous discuss how Christianity influenced the history of science, arguing science emerged from a Christian worldview shaped by the Bible.

Explore how Christianity fostered modern science, the rise of law in nature, and the debate between naturalism and theism, including morality and truth.

Explore how Christianity fostered the rise of modern science by positing a lawgiver behind nature, making the universe orderly, and contrast this with Hume's skepticism and scientism.

Explore competing explanations of morality, comparing evolution-based views with natural-law arguments, and examine why bad things happen if God is morally good.

Debate on morality and the problem of evil, contrasting science and faith, free will, design, and objective morality, with Auschwitz and Anne Frank as focal examples.

Examine how evil tests design, the bombed cathedral analogy, and how free will yields suffering and authentic love, with moral standards rooted in a divine lawgiver and Jesus Christ's suffering.

Explore miracles through science and reason as Lennox and colleagues examine the nature of miracles and reveal the difference in approach to religion.

Explore competing views on miracles, from physical resurrection to water into wine, and discuss how the scientific enterprise, faith, and evidence weigh in on the gospel narrative.

Argue that miracles as supernatural events are irrelevant, focusing on the moral meaning of the story. Explain how narratives and metaphors shape understanding, and present resurrection as evidence for God.

Revisit Lennox's approach to faith and evidence as the discussion contrasts Rousey's claim with Ruse's nuanced view and the new atheist redefinition of faith for Christians.

Investigate how faith relates to evidence, distinguishing evidence-based reasoning from belief, and consider Christian claims—design, God, morality, purpose, salvation—as testable in life, history, and experience.

revisit how faith and evidence work together, noting the risen Christ as evidence, gospel testimony as evidence for belief, and faith as trust in evidence essential to science.

John Lennox shifts the focus from science and faith to the relationship between Christian faith and culture in the course’s second half, presenting Lennox’s responses to Dave Rubin’s controversial positions.

Explore human worth and dignity, examine what grants value in people, and see how Christianity and the Bible guide how we treat others amid shifting moral views.

Shows human worth comes from being created in God's image, framed by the Old Testament and two rules for life, and defended through science and Judeo-Christian tradition.

Ground human worth in the image of the self-existent God, whose rational nature makes science possible, and address suffering with hope through Christ's death and resurrection while engaging others authentically.

Examine the debate on tolerance in a post-Christian world, weighing how Christians maintain personal moral and ethical values while seeking acceptance, and how speakers resolve truth and tolerance.

Facilitate a thoughtful dialogue on science, faith, and belief through tolerant, public discussion across differing views. Emphasize freedom of thought and respectful exchange without coercion or hostility.

Lennox defines tolerance as accepting those you disagree with, not adopting their values, while Rubin notes conservatives tolerate disagreement more than progressives, and Lennox's story emphasizes equal dignity for all.

Explore the concept of free inquiry amid cancel culture pressures to avoid questions within religious communities and political camps, emphasizing freedom of thought and investigating ideas beyond your current views.

Explore how faith and reason complement each other, showing apologetics can illuminate belief with evidence. Evaluate personal experience, scriptures, and resurrection as testable foundations for God.

Lennox's upbringing encourages free inquiry, seeking evidence from all sides to avoid dogma, while intellectual humility and the Dunning-Kruger effect show that questioning strengthens Christianity.

Explore how Christianity provides standards that lend balance and stability to human values, morality, and political structure, and see the threads of faith tied together.

Examine how Enlightenment values and the Judeo-Christian tradition anchor morality and social standards, amid secular challenges and debates about God, meaning, and freedom.

Examine how post-christian societies lack foundational standards and default to feelings, and how Christianity provides the foundation for science, human dignity, and rights, with evidence and ongoing investigation.